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公开(公告)号:US20240222404A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-04
申请号:US18289169
申请日:2022-05-16
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
发明人: Ulrich Quaade , James Eilertsen
IPC分类号: H01L27/146 , G02B1/00 , H04N23/12 , H04N23/84
CPC分类号: H01L27/14625 , G02B1/002 , H04N23/12 , H04N23/84
摘要: An apparatus includes a sensor having one or more drift-field demodulation pixels and wavelength separating optical elements (WSOEs) such as metalenses and diffractive optical elements (DOEs). The WSOE can be configured such that when light is incident on a pixel, the light passes through the WSOE first and such that different wavelengths are focused by the WSOE on different spatial points in the associated pixel.
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公开(公告)号:US20240337774A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18294308
申请日:2022-07-29
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
发明人: James Eilertsen , Villads Egede Johansen , Fredrik Mattinson , Olivier Francois , Ulrich Quaade
IPC分类号: G02B1/00 , H04N23/55 , H04N23/951 , H04N25/13
CPC分类号: G02B1/002 , H04N23/55 , H04N23/951 , H04N25/134
摘要: An apparatus includes, in some implementations, at least one image sensor, a plurality of metalenses, and readout and processing circuitry. The at least one image sensor includes pixel arrays, each of which is associated, respectively, with a different one of multiple optical channels configured for detection of incoming light rays of a respective color. The color for each optical channel differs from that of at least one of the other optical channels. Each of the metalenses is disposed, respectively, in a different one of the optical channels and is configured, respectively, to focus incoming light rays onto a different one of the pixel arrays. The readout and processing circuitry is operable to read out signals from the pixel arrays and to generate a respective lower-resolution image for each of the optical channels, and to process the lower-resolution images to obtain a higher-resolution multi-color image. Methods of operation are described as well.
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公开(公告)号:US20240219741A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-04
申请号:US18289167
申请日:2022-04-08
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
摘要: Structured light generating modules and systems are described. An example structured light generating module includes an array of discrete light sources, an array of discrete fanout elements, and an array of discrete collimator elements interposed between the array of discrete light sources and the array of discrete fanout elements. Each of the discrete collimator elements within the array of discrete collimator elements is aligned to a respective discrete light source within the array of discrete light sources. Each of the fanout elements within the array of discrete fanout elements is aligned to a respective discrete collimator element within the array of discrete collimator elements. Each of the respectively aligned discrete light sources, collimator elements, and fanout elements is configured to generate a unit-cell structured light illumination comprising one or more individual illumination features over at least a portion of a field of illumination of the structured light generating module, wherein one or more of the unit-cell structured light illuminations collectively are a structured light illumination.
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公开(公告)号:US20230216273A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US18008889
申请日:2021-06-09
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
发明人: Ulrich Quaade , Villads Egede Johansen , Akbar Samadi , Yuriy Elesin , Moritz Schmidlin , Martin Balimann , Robert Lenart , Tobias Senn , James Eilertsen
CPC分类号: H01S5/042 , H01S5/423 , H01S5/18394 , G01B11/25
摘要: Illumination modules are operable, in some implementations, to project a homogenous diffuse illumination onto a scene. Some implementations allow different subsets of light emitting elements to be addressed independently so that they can be turned on (or off) at different times, which can facilitate multi-mode operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20230099506A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US17607183
申请日:2020-05-13
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
发明人: Niklas Hansson , Ulrich Quaade
摘要: A method includes providing a coating over a surface of a substrate, a plurality of seed structures being disposed on the surface of the substrate, in which respective heights of the seed structures define local thicknesses of the coating. An optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of seed structures on a surface of the substrate, and a coating on the seed structures and on the surface of the substrate, in which respective heights of the seed structures define local thicknesses of the coating.
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公开(公告)号:US20240272448A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-15
申请号:US18570290
申请日:2022-06-08
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
CPC分类号: G02B27/4205 , G02B1/002 , G02B5/1842 , G02B15/14 , H04N23/69 , G02B23/2438 , G02B23/2484
摘要: An apparatus includes a metalens, an image sensor, and an actuator. The metalens is configured to generate multiple diffractive orders of an image at respective corresponding focal lengths. The actuator operable to move at least one of the metalens or the image sensor to each of a various positions so that a distance between the metalens and the image sensor is adjusted, wherein the distance between the metalens and the image sensor for each respective one of the positions corresponds to a particular one of the focal lengths. Adjusting the distance between the metalens and the image sensor provides a zoom in or zoom out operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20230118541A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-20
申请号:US17913953
申请日:2021-01-19
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
IPC分类号: G03F7/00 , H01L27/146 , H01L33/58
摘要: A method includes providing a coating (208) over a first surface (202) of a substrate (204) and over a metasurface (200) on the first surface of the substrate; and imprinting the coating to cause a surface of the coating to have a predetermined characteristic. A device includes a substrate; a metasurface on a first surface of the substrate; and a coating on the metasurface and on the first surface of the substrate, a surface of the coating defining a functional structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20230408727A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18034956
申请日:2021-11-02
申请人: NIL Technology ApS
CPC分类号: G02B1/002 , G02B5/1809
摘要: An apparatus includes a folded optical path including optically reflective surfaces at least one of which includes an optical metasurface.
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